Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RICHARD JENKINS
BESSEMER — With Thursday’s hearing in Gogebic County Circuit Court ending without a plea agreement, the case of Jason Charles Roberts is scheduled for an April trial.
Roberts, 34, of Ironwood, faces three animal cruelty-related charges stemming from a video that allegedly shows Roberts urging several hunting dogs to attack a wounded coyote.
He faces a felony charge of torturing an animal and misdemeanors for cruelty to an animal and failure to kill a wounded animal. The first charge carries maximum sentence of four years in prison, while the other...
